Most people are unable to write because they are unable to think, and they are unable to think because they congenitally lack the equipment to do so, just as they congenitally lack the equipment to fly over the moon.

Quote by Henry Louis Mencken

Topics: Thinking Quotes, Writing Quotes

Sunday: A day given over by Americans to wishing that they themselves were dead and...

Sunday: A day given over by Americans to wishing that they themselves were dead and...

In this world of sin and sorrow there is always something to be thankful for;...

In this world of sin and sorrow there is always something to be thankful for;...

To wage a war for a purely moral reason is as absurd as to ravish...

To wage a war for a purely moral reason is as absurd as to ravish...

We must respect the other fellow's religion,but only in the sense and to the extent...

We must respect the other fellow's religion,but only in the sense and to the extent...

The aim of public education is not to spread enlightenment at all; it is simply...

The aim of public education is not to spread enlightenment at all; it is simply...

An individual who forces himself to accept this or that idea, or who pretends to...

An individual who forces himself to accept this or that idea, or who pretends to...

Every great wave of popular passion that rolls up on the prairies is dashed to...

Every great wave of popular passion that rolls up on the prairies is dashed to...

Time is the great legalizer, even in the field of morals.

Time is the great legalizer, even in the field of morals.

He (the businessman) is the only man who is forever apologizing for his occupation

He (the businessman) is the only man who is forever apologizing for his occupation

Intelligence has been commoner among American Presidents than high character.

Intelligence has been commoner among American Presidents than high character.

They have taken the care and upbringing of children out of the hands of parents,...

They have taken the care and upbringing of children out of the hands of parents,...

There is only one honest impulse at the bottom of Puritanism, and that is the...

There is only one honest impulse at the bottom of Puritanism, and that is the...

Injustice is relatively easy to bear; what stings is justice

Injustice is relatively easy to bear; what stings is justice

And out of each (schoolhouse) is vomited the standard product of the New Pedagogy -...

And out of each (schoolhouse) is vomited the standard product of the New Pedagogy -...

Morality: The theory that every human act must either be right or wrong, and that...

Morality: The theory that every human act must either be right or wrong, and that...

A man loses his sense of direction after four drinks; a woman loses hers after...

A man loses his sense of direction after four drinks; a woman loses hers after...

It is a peculiarity of the American mind that it regards any excursion into the...

It is a peculiarity of the American mind that it regards any excursion into the...

I see my path, but I don't know where it leads. Not knowing where I'm...

I see my path, but I don't know where it leads. Not knowing where I'm...

Adventure upon all the tickets in the lottery, and you lose for certain; and the...

Adventure upon all the tickets in the lottery, and you lose for certain; and the...

Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. To keep our faces toward change and...

Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. To keep our faces toward change and...

It is only the cynicism that is born of success that is penetrating and valid.

It is only the cynicism that is born of success that is penetrating and valid.

Men's minds are raised to the level of the women with whom they associate

Men's minds are raised to the level of the women with whom they associate

The thing you fear most has no power. Your fear of it is what has...

The thing you fear most has no power. Your fear of it is what has...